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Meta员工可选择退出工作时长最多30分钟的追踪 -- Meta workers can opt out of being tracked at work up to 30 min

文章摘要

Meta公司缩减了通过追踪员工点击和键盘输入来训练AI的计划。

文章总结

Meta缩减员工行为追踪计划以训练AI

核心内容:

  1. 政策调整
    Meta公司迫于员工压力,缩减了原计划通过追踪员工键盘输入和鼠标点击来训练AI模型的方案。根据内部备忘录,员工现在可以申请完全豁免该计划,或选择"每次暂停数据收集最多30分钟"。

  2. 争议背景
    该计划代号"模型能力计划"(MCI),自4月宣布以来引发强烈反对:

    • 超过1,500名员工签署请愿书
    • 有员工形容该计划"非常反乌托邦"
    • 离职员工批评这是"强行推广AI的最新手段"
  3. 公司立场
    Meta最初辩称该数据仅用于训练能协助日常工作的AI代理,并强调已建立保护敏感内容的机制。但员工担忧:

    • 笔记本电脑电池消耗过快
    • 居家办公时网络流量激增
    • 个人隐私风险
  4. 最新妥协
    超级智能实验室副总裁Stephane Kasriel在备忘录中承认:

    • 已优化程序减少对电池的影响
    • 将提供更多数据收集控制权
    • 但仍坚持"初始隐私保护措施经过多层风险评估"
  5. 裁员阴影
    该争议发生在Meta今年已裁员约2,000人,并计划再裁8,000人(10%员工)的背景下,加剧了员工对AI替代人力的担忧。

(注:原文中大量导航菜单、推广内容及无关新闻链接已省略,保留核心事件脉络及关键细节)

评论总结

以下是评论内容的总结:

主要观点和论据

  1. 对Meta政策的讽刺和不满

    • 许多评论者认为Meta的30分钟免追踪政策是一种虚伪的慷慨。
      • "30 whole minutes?! How generous." (评论1)
      • "oooh 30 whole minutes. This is so repulsive." (评论24)
  2. 对隐私和监控的担忧

    • 评论者担心即使有“选择退出”选项,员工也会因为绩效评估的压力而被迫接受监控。
      • "But the opt outs will, of course, be tracked. Choose to do it and it will go on your performance review." (评论4)
      • "Sure, but there is a power imbalance, and employees will come to understand... that the rate at which they disable it will be taken into account in performance reviews." (评论22)
  3. 对公司文化的批评

    • 许多评论者认为Meta的公司文化有毒,员工应该考虑离职。
      • "Sick company environment." (评论3)
      • "HOW can you still work at this company!? Why don't you quit this very toxic company..." (评论16)
  4. 对双重标准的指责

    • 评论者指出Meta的高层可能不受这些政策的约束。
      • "The people who created this policy are almost certainly exempt from it." (评论5)
      • "I don't think Meta wants to train their AI on their own C-Level execs but who knows...it's Meta" (评论2)
  5. 对劳动法和工会保护的呼吁

    • 一些评论者提到其他国家有更好的劳动法保护员工,并批评美国缺乏此类保护。
      • "Broken record here to announce that there are countries that have labor laws that protect employees..." (评论19)
      • "We need better labour law to protect them." (评论30)
  6. 对技术监控的普遍担忧

    • 评论者认为AI技术的引入会加剧监控的严苛性。
      • "With AI, this changes significantly since the man can now employ a robot to categorize and finely scrutinize every little thing..." (评论15)
      • "After beta-testing widespread privacy invasive software on billions of their users, the employees now complain about the same technology being used against them." (评论23)
  7. 对员工选择的矛盾心理

    • 一些评论者认为高薪员工有选择权,而低薪员工则更值得同情。
      • "If you are a high paid specialist and you do not like how you are treated, you can go and find another, friendlier, job." (评论30)
      • "For low paid workers I have more sympathy: if you have no options but to be tracked and pee in bottles and ... whatnot; that's just sad." (评论30)

总结

评论普遍对Meta的监控政策表示不满,认为其虚伪且具有压迫性。许多人批评公司文化和高层的双重标准,同时呼吁更好的劳动法保护。尽管部分人认为高薪员工有选择权,但更多人担忧AI技术会进一步加剧监控的严苛性。整体上,评论反映了对隐私和员工权利的广泛关注。